Before they could celebrate the new year, she shot him dead

Melody Hoffman, 20, loved unconditionally. She thought of others and even animals before herself and navigated the world with an endearing innocence. An intellectual disability meant she was mentally

She fought to save her son but paid a terrible price

A happy Christmas morningended in murder

Beneath the brightly wrapped gifts lay a grim and heartbreaking discovery

A day of joy became a bloodbath